After an unknown amount of time, just as Yun Sheng thought that she could not hold on any longer, the Heart Distress Lamp suddenly emitted a colorful light.
A soul glowing with golden light flew out and landed in front of Yun Sheng.
It was a woman dressed in palace attire. She had almond-shaped eyes, rosy cheeks, and skin as white as snow. From head to toe, even her hair was perfect.
It was the saddest thing in the world for a beauty to be past her prime.
Empress Li had died in the prime of her life, so her soul had remained at that time and had not aged or become ugly because of time.
In a sense, the heavens still cared for Empress Li, this pitiful woman.
The Divine Lotus Hellfire was indeed a divine fire. Not only did it allow Empress Li to reform her soul, but it also resolved the knot in her heart that had been buried deep in her heart all these years.
Now, she only felt that her entire body and mind were very relaxed, as if she had been reborn. Her entire person glowed with a different spirit. She looked like a young woman in her twenties.
If Empress Li and the Netherworld Ghost King stood together, they would look like a perfect couple. It was very pleasing to the eye.
Empress Li's eyes had already regained their clarity. She looked at the young woman in front of her, who had an outstanding temperament and appearance. She felt an inexplicable sense of intimacy.
Although she had been muddle-headed for many years, she knew that the woman in front of her was her savior.
"Thank you for saving my life, Miss. May I know your name and why you have appeared in the Underworld?" Empress Li had not been the empress for many years, but her speech was still graceful and appropriate.
When Empress Li was brought to the Underworld by the Four-sided Hell Flood Dragon, her consciousness was still clear. She knew very well that she would definitely be imprisoned in the Underworld for her sins.
When she was suppressed under the Demon Subduing Stone Tablet, she had many conflicts to make up for the mistakes she had made in the past.
"This humble one is Yun Sheng. Like Empress Li, I am from Zhou State … I have another identity. I am your daughter-in-law, Ye Beiming's wife." Yun Sheng was quite fond of her mother-in-law.
Ye Beiming looked a lot like Empress Li. She couldn't help but have the mentality of loving the house and its crow.
Upon hearing that Yun Sheng was her daughter-in-law, Empress Li's expression became a little strange.
Yun Sheng also noticed it. Logically speaking, a mother who had been separated from her son for more than 20 years should be so excited when she heard the news of her son.
Empress Li, on the other hand, had a responsible expression on her face. She looked as if she wanted to say something, but after all, she was the empress of a nation and was very good at hiding her emotions.
Empress Li was slightly taken aback, then a kind smile appeared on her face. She held Yun Sheng's hand and looked her up and down. The more she looked at Yun Sheng, the more she liked her.
"Your surname is Yun? Her appearance and aura are somewhat similar to that of the old general, Yun Sheng. Could it be that you're from the Martial Saint General's Estate? "Empress Li was indeed the daughter of a merchant. Her eyes were very sharp, and she guessed Yun Sheng's origins with one sentence.
Yun Sheng, on the other hand, seemed to agree on the surface when she heard this, but she was secretly rolling her eyes in her heart.
Speaking of which, how did she resemble her grandfather? Yun Bahe had the looks of a typical military general. His body was as burly as a bear, his voice was like a gong, his eyes like a bull's, and his nose like a lion's. Even her father and second uncle looked like her grandmother who had passed away many years ago.
As for Yun Sheng's appearance, she looked exactly like Hu Jiusheng who had the Celestial Fox bloodline.
The two chatted for a while and Yun Sheng told Empress Li about the general situation, as well as how Ye Beiming was cursed by the Black Qilin.
After learning that Ye Chengtian had died many years ago, Empress Li's beautiful face didn't have much of an expression.
To her, from the moment Ye Chengtian had given her to Hei Yao as a bargaining chip, Ye Chengtian was already dead in her heart.
When the Empress of Zhou State, after being dead for more than 20 years, once again condensed her soul and appeared in front of Jin Yu and the Netherworld Ghost King, it was as if she was alive.
The man and beast's reactions were completely different.
The Netherworld Ghost King was ecstatic at first, but then, like a youth who had just experienced his first awakening of love, a suspicious blush appeared on his face.
In comparison, Jin Yu's reaction was much more normal.
He didn't step forward and only sized up the woman in front of him.
Empress Li also looked at Jin Yu in a daze. After a long while, she sighed. "Jin 'er, it's been hard on you all these years."
However, this cry awakened a memory in the deepest part of Ye Beiming's memory.
She really was his mother.
The mother and son looked at each other. For a moment, they didn't know where to start.
"Cough cough." The Netherworld Ghost King coughed a few times when he saw Ye Beiming and Empress Li acting as if they were family.
His coughs didn't attract Empress Li's attention, but they reminded Yun Sheng.
"Ghost King, I've already saved her for you. You should fulfill your promise and fulfill my three conditions." Yun Sheng's face was a little pale because she had exhausted too much energy, but when she mentioned the Netherworld Ghost King's three conditions, her black eyes lit up.
The Netherworld Ghost King felt goosebumps all over his body from Yun Sheng's stare. He looked at Li Qingcheng, who also turned her beautiful eyes and looked at him.
He thought to himself that he had to leave a good impression in front of Li Qingcheng. At this moment, he would probably agree to whatever Yun Sheng wanted without hesitation.
"First, I want the Heart Distress Lantern." Yun Sheng's purpose in coming to the Underworld was to find the Heart Distress Lantern for her mother.
"That's not difficult. Since Qingcheng has already come back to life, I don't have any use for the Heart Distress Lantern. There's no harm in giving it to you." In the eyes of others, the Eight Desolation Divine Artifact might be incomparably precious, but in the eyes of the Netherworld Ghost King, it was just an ordinary lantern.
Li Qingcheng's soul had been baptized by the Divine Lotus Hellfire. Her soul was incomparably tough. Even the Demon Suppression Array was unable to harm her soul. This made the Netherworld Ghost King very satisfied.
As long as it had nothing to do with Li Qingcheng's life, he couldn't be bothered to find out who had the Heart Distress Lantern.
"The second condition is for me to hold onto the Netherworld Ghost Key forever." Yun Sheng calmly stated her second condition.
"Netherworld Ghost Key? Hmph, that thing doesn't matter. It's something that I refined anyway. It can be used to travel between the Human Realm and the Underworld. It's used to annoy the Underworld God. As long as he doesn't take it back, you can keep it. "As the Netherworld Ghost King spoke, he even gave Baby Sheep, who was on Yun Sheng's shoulder, a sinister smile, causing Baby Sheep to immediately shrink back in fear.
The Netherworld Ghost King believed that the Underworld God definitely wouldn't take back the key. That Ice Mountain Underworld God definitely hoped that the pink little magical beast would occasionally wander around the Underworld.
Hehe, this time, the Underworld God should properly thank him.
"Don't worry, I definitely won't misuse the Netherworld Ghost Key." As Yun Sheng spoke, she meaningfully looked at the Netherworld Ghost King. At the same time, she faintly glanced at Baby Sheep from the corner of her eyes.
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